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6 Companies Backing Rio Olympic Athletes

These entrepreneurs and businesses are assisting athletes with tech, mosquito repellent and a job placement program.

By Grace Reader

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What This Casket Maker Learned from Honda, Tesla and Steve Jobs

By Ashlea Halpern

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6 Success Secrets From the Most Influential Tech CEOs

By Murray Newlands

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This Couple Trusted Their Gut to Reinvent an Organic Grocery Store

By Andrew Parks

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How Do You Incentivize Kids to Do Better in School? Build a Social Network That Rewards Them.

The Küdzoo app provides kids with discounts and gift cards, but an education expert says its community may be key.

By Nina Zipkin

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21 Ways to Get Inspired (Infographic)

Save this infographic for times when your muse could use a little boost.

By Linda Lacina

Thought Leaders

The Savvy Ways this Bracelet Maker Stays One Step Ahead

Joseph Ferlito anticipates potential future problems to ensure his company's success.

By Michelle Goodman

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To Grow, This Home Stager Said ‘Yes,’ and Figured It Out Later

Screenwriter Meridith Baer began a home staging business by diving in before she'd nailed down the details.

By Michelle Goodman

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The Important Reason This Snack Company Didn’t Wait for ‘Perfect’

EPIC bars had imperfect production in the beginning, but it paid off perfectly.

By Michelle Goodman

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Innovation Gave This Yoga Company the Momentum it Needed

Meet the team that invented the yoga wheel and learn how they're keeping their idea fresh.

By Michelle Goodman

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To Protect Their Vision, These Founders Turned Down a 6-Figure Opportunity

Brett and Sven Newman grew their company, Daylight Design, by focusing on the clients and projects they were interested in, even though that meant walking away from a large sum of money early on.

By Michelle Goodman

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4 Brilliant, Risky (Let’s Just Call It Crazy) Ways Real Entrepreneurs Made It Big

Maverick moves that paid off big and proved the naysayers wrong.

By David Port

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How to Recognize Business Inflection Points and Innovate to Survive Them

By developing an innovation action plan you can have an arsenal of ideas at hand when you reach one of these points.

By Steve Sponseller

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This Tech Founder Runs His Company Between Surf Sessions in Hawaii

The staff of the social media management app Buffer can work anywhere in the world. Here's how the company was designed for nomadic employees.

By David Port

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How Craft Brewing Inspired This Denver Winemaker

Ben Parsons is bringing top-shelf wine to the masses with Infinite Monkey Theorem, sometimes in cans sold as four-packs.

By David Port

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This Swim School’s Model Makes Life Easy for Franchisees

Matt Lane and Paul Gerrard tested the waters before franchising SafeSplash, and it's been making waves ever since.

By David Port

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These Founders Called 1,000 Customers Personally — and They’d Do it Again

Geoffrey Woo and Michael Brandt personally reached out to customers after orders of their product was delayed. It was weeks of work, but they don't regret it. Read on to see why.

By David Port